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Extension Side of the body site - Definition

URL for this extension:

http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-laterality

Status: draft. Extension maintained by: Health Level Seven, Inc. - FHIR WG

The side of the body, from the Patient's perspective, e.g., left, right, bilateral. To be used only if the laterality is not precoordinated in the body site code.

Context of Use: Use on element: Observation.bodySiteCodeableConcept

usage info: insert a list of places where this extension is used

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Structure

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension			Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-laterality Side of the body site: The side of the body, from the Patient's perspective, e.g., left, right, bilateral. To be used only if the laterality is not precoordinated in the body site code. Use on element: Observation.bodySiteCodeableConcept
extension		0..*	Extension	Additional Content defined by implementations
url		1..1	uri	identifies the meaning of the extension Fixed Value: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-laterality
valueCodeableConcept		0..1	CodeableConcept	Value of extension

XML Template

<!-- Side of the body site -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-laterality" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueCodeableConcept ><!-- 0..1 CodeableConcept 
     Value of extension
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // Side of the body site
  // from Element: extension
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-laterality", // R! 
    "valueCodeableConcept" : { CodeableConcept } //Value of extension
  }

Structure

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension			Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-laterality Side of the body site: The side of the body, from the Patient's perspective, e.g., left, right, bilateral. To be used only if the laterality is not precoordinated in the body site code. Use on element: Observation.bodySiteCodeableConcept
extension		0..*	Extension	Additional Content defined by implementations
url		1..1	uri	identifies the meaning of the extension Fixed Value: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-laterality
valueCodeableConcept		0..1	CodeableConcept	Value of extension

XML Template

<!-- Side of the body site -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-laterality" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueCodeableConcept ><!-- 0..1 CodeableConcept 
     Value of extension
</extension>

JSON Template

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